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THE UNDECIDED – The region’s retailers are torn over the ballot question that would roll back the state’s sales tax from 6.25 to 3 percent.
DEAL DRAMA – Marlborough-based Netezza Corp. is the latest in a string of publicly-traded companies to catch the ire of shareholders when a big acquisition was announced.
GOOD GRADES – The demand for charters schools is up. But will they educate the workforce of the future?
News & Analysis
LEGAL EAGLES – Several local law firms made U.S. News & World Report’s first-ever Best Lawyers ranking.
DOUBLE DOWN – If a casino gets off the ground in Massachusetts there’s some doubt as to whether there will be anyone to fund it.
ALL WET – Hydropower finds itself out of favor in the state’s race to implement clean, renewable energy.
JUDICIOUS SPACE – The former courthouse in downtown Worcester will be up for auction in January.
Special Focus: Innovation
Pill Bull Clamp Co./Phillips Precision
The List
Top Publicly Traded Companies
Shop Talk
Q&A with Joseph Petrowski, CEO, Cumberland Farms/Gulf Oil
Departments
Movers & Shakers
